ENG vs IND 2025: Batting coach Marcus Trescothick provides crucial update on Shoaib Bashir's injury ahead of Day 5 of Lord's Test

Shoaib Bashir injured his hand while trying to take a tough catch that would have helped England dismiss Ravindra Jadeja at a crucial stage in India's first innings in the Lord's Test on Day 3. The off-spinner had to walk off the field to get medical attention as Joe Root completed the over. Bashir didn't return to bowl on Day 3. However, he did walk out to bat in England's second innings on Day 4 and scored a couple of runs off nine deliveries.

England bowled 17.4 overs in the final session on Day 4 in India's second innings, but Bashir wasn't used. However, England's batting coach Marcus Trescothick dropped a crucial update on Bashir's fitness as he confirmed that the 21-year-old is available to bowl on Day 5.

"He's fit to bowl, was ready to ball. I think it comes in the regulation - he can come on to bowl as and when he's needed, and then if he's not bowling at any stage, he can then come back off because it's obviously an external blow. So, should we need him, he will be ready to bowl," Trescothick said at the press conference at the end of Day 4.

It is important to note that the ECB had already informed in the early hours of Day 4 that Bashir was available to bat and will also bowl if and when required. India need 135 runs on Day 5, while England have six wickets left to take.

Hopefully it will seam everywhere and we'll get six wickets in the first hour: Trescothick

The former England opener believes that the wobble seam delivery could cause a lot of damage at the Home of Cricket on Day 5.

"The majority of what we've seen is there is variation in bounce from quick bowlers - people who can bowl balls that hit-the-seam wobbling [delivery]. The wobble seam delivery is a kind of a dangerous ball on this sort of pitch. With the variation, I think you see a bit more bounce bowling from the Nursery end than you see from bowling from Pavilion End," Trescothick said.

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Trescothick feels that England should look to finish the game quickly on Day 5 by picking up the remaining six wickets as soon as possible.

"Maybe a bit more use of the slope where it angles back towards the stump. So that's hopefully what we'll see again tomorrow. Hopefully it will seam everywhere and we'll get six wickets in the first hour," he added.